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+var   sys = require("sys"),
+     http = require("http"),
+      url = require("url"),
+     path = require("path"),
+       fs = require("fs"),
+  connect = require("connect");
+
+var PRIMARY_HOST = "127.0.0.1";
+var PRIMARY_PORT = 62900;
+
+var handler = require("./run.js");
+
+function subHostNames(data) {
+    return data;
+}
+
+function serveFile(filename, response) {
+  path.exists(filename, function(exists) {
+    if(!exists) {
+      response.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
+      response.write("404 Not Found");
+      response.end();
+      return;
+    }
+
+    fs.readFile(filename, "binary", function(err, data) {
+      if(err) {
+        response.writeHead(500, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
+        response.write(err + "\n");
+        response.end();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var exts = {
+        ".js":   "text/javascript",
+        ".css":  "text/css",
+        ".html": "text/html",
+        ".webapp": "application/x-web-app-manifest+json",
+        ".png": "image/png",
+        ".ico": "image/x-icon"
+      };
+
+      var ext = path.extname(filename);
+      var mimeType = exts[ext] || "application/octet-stream";
+
+      data = subHostNames(data);
+
+      response.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": mimeType});
+      response.write(data, "binary");
+      response.end();
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+var server = connect.createServer().use(connect.favicon())
+    .use(connect.logger({format: ":status :method :remote-addr :response-time :url"}));
+
+// let the specific server interact directly with the connect server to register their middleware 
+if (handler.setup) handler.setup(server);
+
+server.use(function(req, resp, next) {
+    handler.handler(req, resp, serveFile, subHostNames);
+});
+
+server.listen(PRIMARY_PORT, PRIMARY_HOST);
+
+console.log("bound to " + PRIMARY_HOST + ":" + PRIMARY_PORT);